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American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans chronicles the journey of the NASCAR-backed No. 24 Chevrolet as a Garage 56 entry to the ...
The Cosworth DFV added sportscar success to its impressive CV, but the road to glory was a rocky one, as we explained in the ...
In fact, the whole car would have felt like coming home, inside and out, bar the rigid embrace of the ultralight, modern bucket seat, the sturdy rollcage and the associated safety equipment; after all ...
Even so, here's a quick reminder. A year before Ford's glorious 1-2-3 finish al Le Mans things were not looking all that great with the GT40 racer. In a bid to improve the car, the Blue Oval ...
The film overlooks Ford's previous attempts at Le Mans and downplays the technology behind the GT40's success ... In reality, ...
It took Ford five minutes to approve the design that would become the GT40 Lunn ... and Le Mans in a single year when race officials indicated McLaren was the winner for covering the same ground ...
This was the race that was immortalized in the film "Le Mans 66 ... and Ford, specifically the celebrated GT40 and the stunning Mirage GR8, with its classic Gulf livery. Five-time winners include ...
Writer David Phipps of Competition Press & Autoweek likened the Ford effort at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans to a “steamroller ... The Ford GT40 Mk II entries dominated the race, in part due ...
At this point, the Ford GT is a dynasty. And there's no better figurehead for that dynasty than the Le Mans-winning 1969 GT40 with the Gulf Oil livery. It's one of the most iconic cars in one of ...
Because that same No 2 Ford GT40 that was the winning 1966 LeMans car is getting ready for the centennial anniversary of the famous sporting event: in 2023, Le Mans ... the ’66 winner GT 40 ...
Back in 1971, the very first Ford SuperVan was powered by a mid-mounted, 302 small-block Ford V8 engine taken out of a Ford GT40 Le Mans ... a multiple-time Le Mans 24 winner, but he’s also ...